Megyn Kelly likely to be sacked by NBC from Today with a replacement show expected on-air from Monday, multiple news outlets are reporting.
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I am not surprised. I watch Megyn Kelly today a lot i have the last 6 months worth of eps to watch on my pvr, so I have a lot of caching up to do but I hear the ratings haven’t been great but this latest comment on blackface is the last straw. Her management has dropped her already,. If Megyn does stay on, she will most likely have a less role on morning tv, but I don’t see how they can do that given the storm that’s erupted.
It’ll be interesting to see if they can salvage anything in a new deal with Megyn, or she can do what Jedidiah Bila did go back to Fox News, their sacred home. (Jedidiah was allegedly sacked from The View after staff were upset of the way she questioned Hillary Clinton email servers
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Kelly’s problem is that in the hyper-partisan environment America finds itself in, she has alienated both sides - the Right hates her for criticizing Trump while the Left detests her because of her previous work for Fox News
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Isn’t there a group of centrists in America though. It might be small but surely there’s some out there who doesn’t hate her?
And now a look at the “Unifying Force” that is Megyn Kelly.
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I like her. Pretty much everything she has said that she’s being crucified for is correct. I love how both the left and the right despise her - shows me that I’m probably about right. And for the record, I also think people should be able to dress however they like (including wearing a sombrero).
I’m surprised she lasted this long…
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I reckon ratings also a factor. This gives them more of a reason to get rid of it. I thought the third hour was going well with the other Today anchors prior to Kelly’s arrival.
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That’s basically it. If it was rating well or even just as well as before, they would’ve probably kept her. Wonder what she’ll do now.
Today’s Take was so much more pleasant to watch than this. At least Tamron is hopefully moving onto bigger and better things. Ironic they axed her for this mess.
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Let’s circle back to NBC News and away from Blackface discussions. If you want to continue to discuss the merits of Blackface, I’ve started a thread.
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The poor ratings for the show didn’t help her, I believe there were even talks the show wouldn’t be renewed for another season next year. She never fit in with the rest of the TODAY show team. Will be interesting to see what happens long term with the 9am time slot.
I think prior to the events of the past week there was talk that she might stay with NBC News while the show would go.
Subsequent events led to a full departure.
Given that first scenario it seems there was general acceptance that the show wasn’t a good fit and that ratings performance didn’t justify renewal.
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Her recent comments just expedited the removal of her from NBC Today. Now the hard task of fixing the 9am hour begins.
They might as well hand the 9am time slot back to the affiliates for their own programming.
The TODAY take hour will most likely be returned. They have a radio show and an online show. They will most likely re-vive that show.
Tamron Hall was one of the best things about Today’s Take. Such a pity she left NBC after they stupidly hired Kelly. Al Roker needs to be teamed with the right person if they have any hope of recovering lost ground. Hopefully they find someone better than Jenna Bush Hager.
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